Ugh I hate exams! Who's with me on that one?
Chapter 37
Heather pulled into the airport with 10 minutes to spear so they just sat in the car for a while. Naya looked over at Heather and couldn't help the smile that formed on her lips. Heather felt the mocha eyes on her and turned to look into them with a smile also gracing her features. Heather's face suddenly turned to worry as she studied Naya's face.
"What?" Naya's smile faded slowly.
"Ok, I know that the whole right side of your face is bruised and swollen but the skin around your left eye is looking a darker shade too and I can notice it now that the swelling has gone down a little bit."
"Wait… my left eye? But I didn't hit that on the rock." Naya looked in the car mirror and noticed the light bruising around her eye.
"Oh no…" Heather looked to the floor of the car.
"What? What happened? It doesn't look that bad does it?" Naya worried.
"No, it doesn't but… remember when you pinched my leg under water and I… I um…" Heather couldn't get the next words out.
Naya's face showed that she realised what Heather was talking about. "You kicked me. Don't worry, baby. It isn't that bad and we can just say it's from the rocks if anyone asks."
"But you and I will both know that it wasn't from the rocks. It's my fault. I'm so, so sorry." A tear escaped Heather's eye and Naya leaned in to cup the blonde's cheeks in her hands.
"Heather, please listen to me. It was an accident. It's not like you grabbed my head and intentionally beat the shit out of me. You would never do that to me and I know that. At some point you're going to get hurt and I'll feel like it's my fault and I'll beat myself up about it and then you'll see just how much it hurts to have the love of your life be so mad at themselves for something that they couldn't control. Now, let's kiss then go inside and pick up our best friends who are coming to help us with the last details of our wedding which is happening in two days."
Heather smiled and leaned in to kiss Naya, just as instructed. "I'm sorry for hurting you, Nay." Heather placed a gentle kiss on Naya's left eye.
"You were forgiven when you apologised the first time. Let's go." Naya jumped out of the car and ran to Heather's door so she could open it for her.
"I can open doors, you know that right?" Heather laughed.
"I know you can but I wanted to hug you and I didn't want to wait." Naya enveloped Heather in a tight hug and showed no signs of letting go. Heather tried to budge out of the hug and giggled when she found that the shorter girl really wasn't going to let her go.
"Baby, we need to go inside now to get Lea and Dianna." Heather laughed into Naya's neck where her head was forcibly yet comfortably stuck.
"Well I'm not letting you go so you'll have to find some way to get them out here or we'll walk in there hugging." Naya mumbled.
Heather thought for a moment and an idea popped up in her head. Naya's arms were around her neck and her arms were around Naya's waist so she could easily do what she had planned with the shorter girl staying attached. In one swift movement Heather lifted Naya's legs from out beneath her and braced her arm around her back near her neck.
"Yay! I'm getting carried in!" Naya cheered as Heather started walking towards the airport doors with Naya in her arms.
"You totally owe me for this." Heather smiled down at the girl in her arms who returned a sultry look.
"Oh I will." Naya winked.
Heather shook her head and walked through the doors. She looked around for the terminal where the girls would be coming out of soon. The airport chairs didn't look very comfortable but her arms were starting to get tired from carrying Naya despite how light the girl is so she sat down on them and detached Naya from her body to sit her down on the seat next to her.
Naya didn't like that idea so instead she laid down on the seats with her head in Heather's lap and her arms wrapped securely around her waist.
"Why are you being all cuddly? Not that I'm complaining." Heather smiled as she ran her fingers through dark hair.
"I just love you, that's all." Naya replied simply.
"You always love me, baby. But you only usually get this cuddly when you're over tired or getting the flu. Oh no. Are you getting the flu? Please tell me you aren't!" Heather worried putting her hand on Naya's forehead to check the temperature.
"Babe, calm down. I'm not getting sick. I just love you and we're getting married soon and it's kind of scary but it's extremely exciting at the same time. Cuddling you just makes me feel more secure about it."
"Why do you feel insecure about our wedding?"
"I don't. I feel insecure about myself because I don't know why I'm scared about this." Naya buried her head deeper into Heather's tummy.
"Naya, I understand. It's perfectly normal to be scared about getting married. I know I am. But I am more excited than anything. Just like you said you are. I'll always be here for you to cuddle when you need to." Heather leant down to kiss Naya's head. Naya sighed contently and closed her eyes shut.
Heather felt a change in Naya's breath and realised that she had fallen asleep. "What is taking Lea and Dianna so long?"
Another 5 minutes passed and Heather was starting to get worried about her friends whose plane should have landed 15 minutes ago. As if someone had heard her worrying, the blonde and short brunette walked through the gates into the airport and over to the luggage belt. They collected their luggage and caught sight of Heather sitting on the chairs so they walked over.
"Hey!" Lea exclaimed.
Heather put her finger up to pursed lips and then motioned towards the girl on her lap.
"Naya's sleeping? At 2:45pm?" Lea questioned.
"Yeah, I think her head injury makes her tired faster and sleeping is good because it'll heal sooner which is what we want." Heather answered quietly but loud enough for the other girls to hear her.
"If you don't want to wake her, how are we getting her to the car?" Dianna raised her eyebrow in question.
"I'll carry her. I carried her in because she was being all clingy so I can carry her out." Heather went to pick Naya up but as soon as her hands left the brunette's hair she woke up. "Sorry baby, I didn't mean to wake you."
Naya yawned, "It's ok, sweetheart."
"The girls are here." Heather nodded towards Lea and Dianna who had bright smiles on their faces while watching the two interact so sweetly with each other. It really amazed them how amazing they are together.
Naya stood up and pulled Dianna into a tight hug before anyone even knew what was happening. Naya had just moved so fast.
"Are you alright, sweety?" Dianna rubbed her hand up and down Naya's back and shot a questioning look to Heather who just shrugged and gave Lea a quick hug.
"I just missed you so much, Di."
"I know you did, baby. Now let me go and give Lea a hug." Dianna laughed. Naya let go and slowly pulled away but Dianna grabbed her shoulders and turned her straight back to her when she saw the bruising. "Naya, oh my God. Are you ok?" Dianna ran her hand gently up and down Naya's right cheek.
"I'm in pain." Naya whispered softly so no one else could hear her.
"Does Heather know?" Dianna whispered back. Naya shook her head. "Why not?"
"I don't want her to worry. It's fine, I'm fine, really." Naya assured but Dianna could see that there was something wrong with Naya. The girl was on the verge of tears, she could just tell. Instead of pushing the subject when everyone was around she just leaned in and pecked Naya's right cheek lightly.
"Do you think that our girlfriends are secretly together behind our backs and having trouble hiding it since they haven't seen each other in a while?" Heather asked Lea out loud so Naya and Dianna intentionally heard it.
Naya laughed and walked towards the two, smacking Heather lightly on the arm before pulling Lea into a hug. Naya turned back to Heather. "Maybe I just missed my best friend."
"I thought I was your best friend." Heather pouted.
"You are, baby. But I see you all the time and we're getting married so I need my other best friend to talk to about my marriage problems." Naya stuck her tongue out in a teasing way.
"Wow… one minute you're all cuddly and can't let go of me and the next minute you're all mean to me." Heather pouted again.
"No, I'm still extremely cuddly." Naya wrapped her arms around Heather's neck again and whispered. "Still not letting go."
Heather chuckled and lifted Naya up as she had before. "Right, you guys all have your bags and I have my baggage. We can go."
Lea and Dianna laughed and Naya even let out a little giggle and hid her head in Heather's chest.
"That was mean." Naya mumbled, trying not to giggle anymore.
"You deserved it, babe." Heather teased. "I'll put Naya in the car and then open the boot for you guys." Heather announced as she gently put Naya down in her seat and went to stand up but Naya pulled her in for a heated kiss. Naya's tongue immediately entered Heather's mouth and her hands wandered up the front of Heather's shirt, cupping her breast over her bra. Heather moaned into the kiss and Naya removed her hand and pulled away.
"That was some of your repayment for carrying me." Naya winked.
Heather stepped back and stumbled over the curb clumsily but catching herself before she feel completely. She felt lightheaded from the kiss. Naya giggled when Heather stumbled because she knew what effect she had on her.
"Uh… oh yeah! The boot! Right. Here you go." Heather popped open the boot from the driver's side and sat down, waiting for the other girls to enter the car.
"Baby, do you mind if I sit in the back with Dianna?" Naya asked.
"Sure, that's fine. I'll miss you." Heather leaned in to kiss Naya, their faces only inches apart and Naya breathed out a laugh.
"I'll only be in the back seat."
"I'll still miss you." Heather closed the gap with every intention of just placing a peck on Naya's lips but the kiss ended up turning into a make out session until they heard the back doors opening. Before Lea hopped in Naya jumped out of her door.
"Lea, you're in the front with Heather."
Lea nodded her understanding and sat in the front seat. Naya took her seat in the back next to Dianna. "Hey Naya. Everything alright?"
"Can you just hold me for now and we'll talk about it later?"
"Of course. You're ok though, right?" Dianna pulled Naya into her side and wrapped her arm around her shoulder. Naya wrapped her arms around Dianna's waist. Naya didn't answer Dianna's question. Instead she just squeezed her eyes shut and fell asleep.
After 10 minutes, Heather looked in the rear vision mirror to see Naya asleep on Dianna's lap with her arms wrapped tightly around her waist, Dianna's arm wrapped around Naya's shoulder and Dianna's other free hand playing with Naya's hair gently.
"Are you sure that you and my fiancée aren't getting it on?" Heather teased.
"I can assure you that as hot as we both are, no we are not getting it on." Dianna laughed quietly.
"Damn, I was going to suggest a threesome." Heather teased.
"Ahem." Lea fake cleared her throat.
"Sorry Lea." Heather apologised. "But it has to be an unholy trinity threesome. You can join next time. So why is Naya so intent on being cuddly with you?"
"Why? You jealous?" Dianna teased.
"A little, yes. No, no, it's fine. Just curious."
"I just think that Naya has a lot on her mind. Like she's going through a rough patch or something." Dianna replied.
"I knew there was something up with her but I just assumed she was tired because of her head injury." Heather mentally slapped herself for not realising.
"I think she is tired because of her head but I also think that maybe she's stressed and not feeling well in herself and needs to get some of her feelings into the open. She's going to talk to me later about it so hopefully that'll help her."
"No need, Dianna. I'll talk to her. I want her to be open with me about it. Thank you for letting me know." Heather smiled but it wasn't a happy one.
"Heather if you bring it up and she doesn't want to talk about it with you, don't push her. Just send her to talk to me and don't be angry if she does." Dianna instructed.
"Thank you for being there for her, Dianna. But when Naya puts her walls up around something, it takes pushing to get them down so I may have to push a little bit. If even then she refuses to talk to me I will send her to you with no hard feelings."
"You have yourself a deal."
"Are we almost there?" Lea asked impatiently.
"Yeah almost." Heather pointed out the window. "That's where Naya and I are staying and your one is just here." Heather pulled into a cabin that looked like theirs but wasn't out on the water. It was just on the beach and looked out over the ocean.
"Wow. This is great." Lea hopped out of the car and Heather popped the boot open. "We'll come by in an hour or so after we've settled in. Can we get to your cabin if we walk down the beach?"
"Yes you can. See you then." Heather waved.
"Um… I don't know how to get out of this position." Dianna squirmed awkwardly.
Heather laughed and leaned over. "Naya baby. Time to wake up and let Dianna go."
Naya opened her eyes and sat up. "You're going?"
"To my cabin, yes. I'll see you soon though." Dianna started to get out of the car but Naya grabbed her wrist.
"I'm coming with you."
Dianna shook her head and went to speak but Heather beat her to it. "No, let them settle in. You'll see Dianna in an hour. Thank you, Di. For everything. See you soon."
Naya crawled into the front seat and just sat there staring out the window until they got to their cabin and Heather hopped out but Naya didn't follow. Heather walked around to Naya's side and opened the door.
"Come on, Naya. Let's go inside." Heather held out her hand.
"I'm going to stay in here for a bit." Naya replied coldly.
"Naya." Heather said in a stern voice and shoved her hand a little closer to Naya.
Naya took Heather's hand and hopped out of the car. Once they were inside Naya sat down on the bed quietly.
"We need to talk." Heather said from where she was standing in front of Naya. As soon as the words left Heather's mouth Naya started shaking violently with rapid tears flowing down her cheeks.
"A-are you leaving m-me because I've been acting str-strange?" Naya got out between sobs.
Heather quickly sat down beside Naya and took her hands. "No, Naya, of course I'm not leaving you. I'm just worried about you and I want to know what's wrong." Naya was quiet except for the sobs that were racking her body. "Did I do something wrong? Is that why you want to talk to Dianna about it and not me?" She asked quietly, trying not to cry herself.
"No, Heather. Y-you did nothing wr-wrong. I'm just s-so t-tired and stressed a-and I-I…" The tears were getting heavier as she spoke and she was finding it hard to talk.
"Hey, do you want me to just hold you until you calm down a little?" Heather asked and tried her best to wipe away the tears that just wouldn't stop. Naya nodded so she took Naya in her arms and stroked the back of her head comfortingly. Once Naya's breathing had settled down she pulled away. "You ready to talk?"
Naya nodded. "My head and my face hurt so much. They just keep throbbing but I didn't want to worry you and I didn't know where any of the pain killers are because you put them somewhere funny." Heather got up straight away and stood on her tip toes to reach a cupboard, pulling down the pain killers and getting a glass of water. She handed them to Naya who took them and continued with her explanation. "I feel tired all the time and I'm pretty sure it's just because of my head but I'm also feeling stressed. I'm so nervous about the wedding like, what if something goes wrong? But on top of that, I have never been as excited for anything in my life as I am for this. I am so happy to be marrying you. I think I'm too happy which is why I'm scared that I'm going to lose you. I'm so scared that I'll do something wrong and you'll leave me. I know it's all stupid and that's why I wanted to talk to Dianna about it. So that I didn't worry you for no reason and I know I've always told you to be open with me about how you feel and I'm always open with you about how I feel but this time… I just felt stupid."
"Naya, you are not stupid. It's completely normal to feel that way. You should have told me about your pain though. Then I could have given you some pills and been extra careful with you. I'm not going to give you a huge speech about how I will never leave you because it's pretty obvious that I can't live without you. I'm a mess when you're in the hospital beds and I don't know if you're going to remember me when you wake up. I love you, Naya. Only you. I always will."
"I'm sorry." Naya shook her head as the tears kept rolling down but this time they were silent tears with no sobbing.
"Don't be." Heather wiped away the tears and kissed Naya with so much love that any doubt she ever had was gone. "Now let's get you cleaned up for when Lea and Dianna come over."
"You want to have a shower with me?" Naya smiled lustily.
"Mmhmm that sounds nice." Heather took Naya by the hand and lead her to the bathroom.